China’s Jilin Petrochemical may restart idled MIBK line in Q2

26 March 2013 08:51[Source: ICIS news]

MELBOURNE (ICIS)--China’s Jilin Petrochemical plans to restart an idled 15,000 tonne/year methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) line in Jilin in the second quarter of this year, a company source said on Tuesday.

Jilin Petrochemical has been running only one of its two MIBK lines of the same size. Its second plant has been mostly idle since September 2008 due to unfavourable economics.

The producer's decision to restart the second MIBK line was prompted by its expectation that demand for MIBK from the key downstream rubber chemical additives sector will grow in 2013, the source said.